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Massachusetts Hospital Crisis: Beds 'Clogged' With Patients, Report Says
Over 1,000 Massachusetts patients are "stuck" in hospital beds when they should be discharged, creating a clogged system and treatment plan delays, a new report says. Nearly one out of every seven medical-surgical beds in Massachusetts hospitals is occupied by patients who are awaiting discharge and no longer need acute care, according to a report released on Monday, June 12 by the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association. That means 15% of acute care hospital beds are unnecessarily occupied, due to an array of reasons that include barriers related to primary health insura…